Hy rint de keamer op en del.He walks up and down the room; i.e. he paces.Hy is a cognate for "he" and can be said like the English word "high." Rint is from the infinitive verb rinne, "to walk" or "to run." It is pronounced with the "ih" vowel in "grin." RIHnt.

De means "the" and is said with a schwa. DUH. Keamer is the Frisian word for "room." Stress is on the first syllable, and it takes an "ih" vowel followed by a short schwa in the first syllable, and schwa in the second syllable. KIHuh-muhr.And here is op en del in a more complex sentence from Frisian Wikipedia:Ljouwerteradiel is in agraryske gemeente, mar der wenje ek in soad op-en-del-reizgers.Ljouwerteradiel is an agricultural municipality, but many commuters also live there.

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